Ermanno opened his eyes to find all the men in the family seated in and around him. Some were seated above him on couches.
Above?
Ermanno sat up and held his head in his hands and looked upfront and said "I was sleeping on the floor"
"We noticed," said Arlo.
Ermanno looked around and yep.. all the men were here.
"Is this an intervention?" Asked Ermanno.
"Yes. We want you to talk to us" said Zeke.
"I don't want to," said Ermanno looking down.
"We all have done something in our lives that we regret. Trust me you are not the only one." Said Nevio.
"Did you molest a child?" Asked Ermanno.
"Okay maybe you are the first one to do that," said Nevio.
"This is not helping," said Ermanno and got up and started walking to his room.
"We need to talk," said Elisio.
"I don't have anything to talk about. I can't face my mom now. I don't even want to live" screamed Ermanno.
"Then join us for a last drink," said Elisio.
Ermanno looked at Elisio in disbelief and huffed and said "let me change and come back. I was fucking sleeping on the floor"
Ermanno came back to see empty bottles of beers everywhere and glasses of champagne kept on tables without a coaster.
Ermanno moved forward and started picking the bottles.
"Ermanno we don't have full night. We need to go back home. Sit down. We need to talk." Said Isaiah.
"I will talk when I am not distracted with garbage everywhere," said Ermanno and EJ, Remy and Ivanov shook their heads and helped him clean up.
After cleaning Ermanno sat down next to Zeke and Zeke said "talk to us boy"
"First thing I want to talk about is me being drugged every time I lose it," said Ermanno.
Nevio and Julius looked at eachother and Isaiah laughed and said "both father and son have the same way of makings people cool down. Give them sleeping pills to sleep it off. It's just amazing to see how our kids are so alike to us"
"Except Elisio. He is nothing like dad" said Arlo.
"He is more like his mother," said Zeke.
"My mummy is perfect and loves me," said Elisio.
"You know we liked it when she hated you," said Nevio.
"Grandma hated you, dad. I wonder why?" Asked Ermanno sarcastically.
Elisio looked at Zeke and Zeke nodded.
"Mummy hated me because I was a rape child and she called me a sin child," said Elisio with full seriousness.
All the young boys sat up straight to listen to this new information about their grandfather.
All the boys looked at Zeke to confirm it.
"I loved Sarah and the only way I thought I could make her mine was by getting her pregnant. I raped her and my father forced her to marry me. We both tried to work on our marriage but she always resented Elisio." Said Zeke.
Isaiah, Nevio, Arlo, Bruce, Enrique, EJ and Julius talked about their married life with their significant other and told their ups and downs in their relationships.
"Everyone's got their own story. You have it too. Now that everything is out in the open you don't have to hide anymore." Said Elisio.
"Ermanno, we understand that you felt embarrassed about what you did. We just wish you talked to one of us about your feelings." Said Arlo.
"I didn't understand it myself. I just covered it up with haterade. But the truth is I love her. But she hated me. She always does this. Every time I fall for her she does something that makes me completely hate her. But this is it. I am done. She crossed a line. I can't go back to the mansion because I can't face mom and my daughter.. god I hate her" said Ermanno pulling his hair.
Elisio looked at Zeke.
"Boy. Stay away from everything for a while. Everything is a little heated up and too much to digest. Let everything cool down and then we will think of the next step. Let's see what Rose wants" said Zeke.
"Rose wants me," said Sabrina seated with Ella, Lily, Sabina, Ambryl and Alena.
"You had to see her. She looked so lonely and sad. Even now she slept in my arms like a young child. To think of it. She does act like a child when around me" said Sabrina.
"She had so much anger in her eyes. God, I hate when anyone has to go through this much in this young age" said Lily.
"What do you mean by she wants you?" Asked Ambryl.
"She wants me to love her like my child." Said Sabrina.
"Oh god. She is a lonely child who wants to be loved" said Ella crying.
"It's not like she is an orphan. What about her parents? Where were they?" Said Alena.
Listening to Alena everyone went deep in thought.
"I think you should call her parents and make them face her. If Ermanno was in fault and did what he did. Where were her parents? It's our duty to protect our children from everyone. Ermanno went to their home and molested their daughter. Where the fuck were they?" Asked Alena.
Sabrina put her head down in shame listening to Ermanno's name.
"Sabrina what I meant was..." Started Alena but Sabrina shook her head and said "it's okay. He did what he did. I just wish there was a way to prevent it back then."
"If her parents were more conscious about their children then they would have avoided a lot of things. We can't be the only once responsible for our sleepless nights now. They need to know this too" said Sabina.